The Potter's House Collection
…the Chronicle
Arise, and go down to the Potter’s House, and there I will cause you to
hear My words... Jer 18:2
When we pray for the will of God, we must understand that it is “His Will”
for us to willingly climb upon the “Potter’s Wheel”. Can you imagine the
clay telling the potter what it wants to be and how it wants the process
to be accomplished? It does not work that way ...we must submit to being
out of control and under His Mighty Hand. In the process, He is adding of
trust, love and faith ...ingredients that are of the utmost importance to
the finished vessel we are to become. If we do not perceive the purpose of
the wheel, we become very uncomfortable and begin to cry out to get off
the wheel. Can you imagine the lump of clay squirming and wiggling during
the process? The Potter’s Wheel is always in balance, the
malformed-maladjusted clay causes the wheel to wobble and feel
uncomfortable
He is the potter ...we are the
clay. An artisan always knows what the final product will look like when
it is done ...what the piece can be if it cooperates.
He has a vision of each vessel
...a specific purpose for each. Someone is waiting and relying on your
vessel to bring a certain substance into their lives ...perhaps precious
wine for the King ... water for a dry and parched soul ...healing ointment
...anointing oil ... food to the hungry. What is your vessel destined to
carry for the Master?
See the vessels over in the corner and up on the shelf! Some have become
hard ...refusing to cooperate in the process. Some are pretty on the
outside... but cracked or contaminated on the inside. The loving and
patient Potter has set the vessels aside for a season until they are ready
to remain on the wheel ...enduring the process while He remakes them as
seems good to Him. He has confidence in them, which is why He has not
thrown them away yet. He believes that eventually they will submit to the
process ...willing to become a vessel suitable for the Master’s use
...looking toward the goal that is set before them.
You may be marred, broken or
hard ...you may feel that you are the one set on the shelf... but if you
will perceive the purpose of the wheel and not question the character and
nature of the Potter, you can become what He ordained you to be.
Always remember that the
Potter keeps His hand on the clay while it is on the wheel. His full focus
and attention is on that work that is being wrought ... See that when the
clay gets off the wheel His hand is removed and destiny is delayed
